Oil

Brazil’s government has approved joining OPEC+, a group of major oil-exporting nations

President Donald Trump has nominated a longtime oil and gas industry representative to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land concentrated in western states.

After conducting a surprise inspection, Oregon environmental officials say they need more information from the fuel company before moving forward with permitting.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has extended the public comment period for the Climate Protection Program until Sept. 27.

Sticky petroleum substances, first reported on May 19, were seen from Long Beach, Washington, to Yaquina Head, Oregon.

President Joe Biden is ordering the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months in a bid to control energy prices

President Joe Biden is preparing to order the release of up to 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve in a bid to control energy prices.

The Biden administration has recommended an overhaul of the nation’s oil and gas leasing program to focus on areas that are most suitable for energy development and raise costs for energy companies to drill on public lands and water

The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday will auction vast oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico estimated to hold up to 1.1 billion barrels of crude.

After a crude oil sheen was detected on the waters off the Southern California coast, environmentalists feared the worst. A week later, Orange County and its signature beaches have been spared a potentially calamitous fate, though the long-term toll on plant and animal life remains unknown.